IOS XE on Cat8kv AlwaysOn

[sandersjames]

I'm not able to ssh to devnetsandboxiosxe.cisco.com. I'm using the following command in Linux ssh admin@devnetsandboxiosxe.cisco.com. The response is...

kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by the remote host
Connection closed by 131.226.217.181 port 22

Have tried using PuTTy too. I'm wondering if it's not working for anyone else or is it my computer?

[bigevilbeard]

Been seeing this the last week and connections very intermittent. My guess is the device is very busy overloaded and unable to accept new connections. 

Suggest to try later or use the reservation based sandbox.

Hope this helps.

[sandersjames]

It working again. Thanks for your advise to wait out. Cheers.

[rcsapo]

Same issue for me, today and yesterday

ssh admin@devnetsandboxiosxe.cisco.com
kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

[sandersjames]

I find this intermittent. My good guess as this is an "always on" sandbox, it's likely that the system has too many users logged in at one time which causes the connection drops. I find it more stable during off-peak times. It's something I've learned to live with during my studies. Use the reserve platform for a more stable environment, but of course, this is only accessible via VPN.